Authors Who Are Similar to Jacqueline Winspear

July 24, 2011

Here is the second author who Diana would like to find authors who are similar:

I’m hoping you’ll be willing to give me a suggestion or two – I especially love Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs) and Carola Dunn (Daisy Dalrymple). Based on loving those, do you have any specific author suggestions?

Adding Kerry Greenwood to my long list of “cosy mysteries.” I am a HUGE fan of Jacqueline Windspear & have just finished the last of her last book. How shall I carry on??? 🙂 Thank you for all these names I have never heard of before. I have two wonderful libraries I can use in my area.

I have added both Deborah Crombie and Louise Penny to my list of things to do, June. But, I am not sure when they will get done, as the list of authors to “Authors Who Are Similar to” is getting to be very long…

June, you might like Anne Purser’s ‘Lois Meade’ mysteries. Lois cleans houses in neighbouring villages and occasionally assists the local police at the same time. They are not really violent, or profane, but are a little more modern / intense than most cozies. Cheers!

Thank you so much for these authors. I adore the Maisie Dobbs series and the new book isn’t out until March 2012. This list will keep me busy til then :). Thanks again for keeping a mother for 2 sane :).

I want to point out a second series by Charles Todd (a mother-son writing team) with a female sleuth/protagonist called Bess Crawford. The period is the same as that of the Ian Rutledge series: WWI and just after. So far it includes three titles: 1. A Duty to the Dead, 2. An Impartial Witness and 3. A Bitter Truth.

How about Frances Brody and her Kate Shackleton series – four titles in print so far (and a fifth due out in October 2013?) Set in the 1920s, Kate Shackleton’s husband was declared missing in 1918 and her search for information about her husbands disappearance leads her into investigating for others.

Andrea, yes, there is an easy way to get the chronological order of each series. Click on the author’s name (which has a bold, blue type) and it will automatically take you to that author’s page, where all of the books are listed in order.